Lordes words on race cancer intersectionality parenthood injustice burn with relevance 25 years after her death. O The Oprah MagazineWinner of the 1988 Before Columbus Foundation National Book Award this pathbreaking collection of essays is a clarion call to build communities that nurture our spirit. Lorde announces the need for a radical politics of intersectionality while struggling to maintain her own faith as she wages a battle against liver cancer. From reflections on her struggle with the disease to thoughts on lesbian sexuality and AfricanAmerican identity in a straight white mans world Lordes voice remains enduringly relevant in todays political landscape. Those who practice and encourage social justice activism frequently quote her exhortation Caring for myself is not selfindulgence it is selfpreservation and that is an act of political warfare. In addition to the journal entries of A Burst of Light Living with Cancer this edition includes an interview Sadomasochism Not About Condemnation and three essays I Am Your Sister Black Women Organizing Across Sexualities Apartheid U.S.A. and Turning the Beat Around Lesbian Parenting 1986 as well as a new Foreword by Sonia Sanchez. You dont read Audre Lorde you feel her. EssenceLordes timeless prose in this collection provides contemporary social justice warriors the language strategies and lessons around resistance through the power of intersectionality a PanAfrican vision and ultimately through the power of love and radical selfcare. NBC NewsWhen I dont know what to do I turn to the Lorde. Alexis Pauline Gumbs Bitch MediaWhenever my mind is heavy with questions and my heart thirsts for nourishment I turn to the writing of Audre Lorde. Every time I revisit the words of Audre Lorde I marvel over how relevant they continue to be. AfterEllen.comThe selfdescribed black feminist lesbian mother poet used a mixture of prose theory poetry and experience to interrogate oppressions and uplift marginalized communitie